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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1971
Page
5
North Norfolk residents or MacGregor College graduates may apply for a $200 bursary to aid nursing studies. Applications must be written by October 1. Repayment terms vary by post graduation work in MacGregor Hospital. Applications are considered in order received.
A New Democrat motion to raise the federal minimum wage to $2 an hour won support in the Commons. Terrence Murphy noted the current $1.65 under federal jurisdiction and called $1.75 inadequate. Stanley Knowles led the effort, framing $2 as a step but not final, while Murphy cited poverty lines and bank employees earning near the minimum. Roland Godin and Ron Harding also supported the move.
Manitoba Pool Elevators reports generally excellent crop prospects across much of the province, though heavy moisture keeps some districts from finishing seeding. Flax rapeseed oats and buckwheat dominate unsown land with rye range from poor to excellent and flea beetle damage noted in rapeseed areas. Pastures and hay are good south of the TransCanada highway, elsewhere mixed.
Camp Gilwell near here will operate again this Summer with help from the armed forces Training Command head- quarters in Winnipeg announced. Instructors will be provided at the camp about two miles north of here for 900 boys who attended last year. A six man military team led by Major A. B. Hawkins will coordinate activities in scouting skills first aid crafts sports and cooking assisted by two dependents of servicemen.
Growth and development of a baby from birth to six months is outlined with weight, length, and milestone progress. It covers reflexes, vision, social responses, rolling, reaching, teething, and feeding, emphasizing individual variation in achieving these milestones.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that Canada recorded 156,300 deaths in the previous year. This figure highlights mortality trends across the nation.
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